Not funny , yes boaty , shipwreck ( clear enough intro ? )
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PuffTheMagicDragon
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Excuse me but that was definitely a wooden boat.
Should it therefore not have been better posted on the Classic Boats forum?
Or was your reasoning something along the lines of "They scuttled their butt: ergo this goes to the Scuttlebutt forum?"
Should it therefore not have been better posted on the Classic Boats forum?
Or was your reasoning something along the lines of "They scuttled their butt: ergo this goes to the Scuttlebutt forum?"
Bajansailor
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A very sad ending - and one which should have never happened.
I am baffled as to why they couldnt get her off the rocks - the sea was calm with not an awful lot of swell. And it looks like other craft were about, who could try to tow them off.
Or at least help them to put out stern anchors (it does not look like they managed to do this).
I am baffled as to why they couldnt get her off the rocks - the sea was calm with not an awful lot of swell. And it looks like other craft were about, who could try to tow them off.
Or at least help them to put out stern anchors (it does not look like they managed to do this).
cliff
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Sixpence
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That could answer Bajansailors question cos I can't tell why they lost her
john_morris_uk
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I suspect that she had a sprung a few strakes on grounding and was taking in water so fast that she couldn't be kept afloat. In the earlier shots you can see several pipes from portable pumps which (I suspect) are discharging water as fast as they can. If the leaks were from stakes that has given way, they are very difficult to fother or stem from inside.
My ogther impression is that the boat was beginning to be floating free when being towed off, but the tow line parted. A better line, or a more controlled tow might have succeeded - and then it would have been a matter of trying to beach her or get her to the hoist before she sank!
My ogther impression is that the boat was beginning to be floating free when being towed off, but the tow line parted. A better line, or a more controlled tow might have succeeded - and then it would have been a matter of trying to beach her or get her to the hoist before she sank!
Topcat47
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A sad end to a lovely craft....shame.
JasB
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That must be heartbreaking, I don't know about you lot, but my boat is more than a money-eating beast, it is my baby...and it would kill me if I saw it go like that.
Danny Jo
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Looking at the shots of her wedged upright on the rocks, it surely would have been most unlikely that she would get off without major breeches in the hull. In these circumstances isn't the best course to strip off as much of the gear as one can before attempting to refloat her - the sails and running rigging at very least, not to mention the electronics?
She was clearly sinking fast well before the tow line snapped.
The stuff of nightmares.
PS Have I been Lakesailored?
She was clearly sinking fast well before the tow line snapped.
The stuff of nightmares.
PS Have I been Lakesailored?
DRANNIE
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lovely craft? Sad someone lost their boat but I was expecting to see a classic 12m or Fife on the rocks!! I don't think they will be setting up a charity to raise her and preserve in dry dock for prosperity.
What does suprise me was if they thought it would float when they pulled it off they must have had a bit of time while parked on the rocks. Would have been tempted to remove some of the expensive kit like sails and wind turbine in case it went to bottom when it was pulled off.
What does suprise me was if they thought it would float when they pulled it off they must have had a bit of time while parked on the rocks. Would have been tempted to remove some of the expensive kit like sails and wind turbine in case it went to bottom when it was pulled off.
clouty
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The text above the video window thanks the more than 7200 Chilean and foreign visitors who have given help and publicised their plight. It tells us that the boat did not have insurance, as in Chile they will only insure new wooden boats. They are asking for financial help.
KevB
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My guess would be that whilst trying to pull her off the keel got stuck and was ripped off. It looked like a biggish boat that was doing the pulling...
cliffordpope
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Something dramatic happened just after the point when the tow rope tensioned. The sea was calm, but there was a sudden enormous splash of water on the far side, like a depth charge going off. She started sinking straight after.
Bejasus
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this wouldn't be when the bloody great hole was ripped in the starboard side, by the rock she was lying up against, would it?
cpedw
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In the post-match analysis of my own major grounding it was mentioned that we never considered the possibility that she might have a big hole in the bottom before making use of the upcoming tide to liberate her. Given that we were on the west coast of Skye, I don't know that there is much we could have done if there had been such a hole, apart from offloading the valuables.
I was lucky...
Derek
I was lucky...
Derek
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